Clean Macro that WORKS...

[DR]

The Code below works to clean non-printing chars on the activesheet.
DR - 4GUnwired.com

'Macro to Clean special characters out of Excel Spreadsheets
Option Explicit

Public Sub CleanBeforeExportToText()
Dim NumRows As Long
Dim NumCols As Long
Dim i As Long
Dim j As Long
Dim strCell As String
Dim c As Range

ActiveSheet.Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeLastCell).Activate
NumRows = ActiveCell.Row
NumCols = ActiveCell.Column

For i = 1 To NumCols
For j = 1 To NumRows
'Cells(j, i).Activate 'Comment this out for speed
Set c = Cells(j, i)
strCell = Cells(j, i).Value
c.Value = Application.WorksheetFunction.Clean(strCell)
Next
Next

End Sub

 

[Gord Dibben]

Won't clean html nbsp 160 in my testing.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[JP]

And it changes the active cell, and loops through the worksheet,
potentially creating hundreds of Range objects.

--JP

 

[Rick Rothstein]

It will also destroy any formulas in it path as well.

--
Rick (MVP - Excel)


And it changes the active cell, and loops through the worksheet,
potentially creating hundreds of Range objects.

--JP